Siglum: MKWS 8  Script: Safaitic

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Transliteration
l ḏl bn s²rk bn rbḥ w kmn f h rḍy ġnmt w s¹lm w qbll ḏ ʾḥbb w nqʾt b- wdd ḏ ḫbl h- s¹fr w ʿmr h- mkmn s¹t ʾym f wny f gdʿwḏ w s²ʿhqm ġnmt qrb

Translation
By Ḏl son of S²rk son of Rbḥ and he lay in wait and so O Rḍy [grant] booty and security and reunion with those who he loves and [inflict] ejection from the grave by a loved one on whoever spoils the inscription and he inhabited this hiding place for six days and he was weak and so Gdʿwḏ and S²ʿhqm [grant] booty soon

Commentary
This is by the paternal uncle of the author of MKWS 6. For ʾḥbb compare Lane 495b-c: ʾaḥabba-hu "he loved him"; for ʿmr h- mkmn compare Lane 2154a: ʿamara bi-makān "he remained continued stayed in a place"; Hava p. 666: makman "lurking-place". Lane 2508a: qarīban "near in respect of time shortly".

Subjects
Genealogy

Country: Jordan
Region: Al-Mafraq Province
Site: Wadi Safawi
Map reference: 3454 III
Latitude: 32.182141666666666
Longitude: 39.13061944444444
Present Location: In situ
Find date: 1980
Field collector: M.C.A. Macdonald, Geraldine King, Ann Searight
Notes: 32º 10' 55.71" N 39º 07' 50.23" A place some 3 km south-west of Al-Ṣafawī where the road to Al-Azraq crosses the the Wādī al-Ṣafawī, to the north of the road.
Associated Inscriptions: KWS 5-7

References:
Hava, J.G. Al-Faraid Arabic-English Dictionary. Fifth edition. Beirut: Dār al-Mašriq, 1982.

[MKWS] Inscritpions recorded at Wādī Ṣafāwī in north-eastern Jordan, by Michael Macdonald, Geraldine King, and Ann Searight and published here

Lane, E.W. An Arabic-English Lexicon, Derived from the Best and Most Copious Eastern Sources. (Volume 1 in 8 parts [all published]). London: Williams & Norgate, 1863-1893. Pages: 495b–c, 2154a, 2508a

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